Shacknasty Jim

Shacknasty Jim (1851-1881) was a Modoc warrior during the Modoc War of 1872-73.

Biography
Shacknasty Jim was born in 1851 to the Modoc, with his nickname coming from a corruption of the Modoc phrase "left-handed man". He led warriors in the fight against the US Army during the Modoc War of 1872-1873, but he defected to the Americans after General Edward Canby's murder, becoming a scout for the army. He died of tuberculosis at the Quapaw Agency in 1881 after the war's end.